Wayne_j
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Bringing classics back to the big screen would bring me out but probably not nearly a sizable portion of the movie going audience.
I'd say that maybe a recent big movie like a Marvel or Star Wars movie could do some business and test the waters to see if people are willing to come back to theaters. However, I don't know if DIsney is interested in doing that since they want people to pay a subscription fee to see them on Disney + and also, how many people would go out to see a movie that they have access to Disney +?So when theaters reopen, you think that audiences will suddenly go out to a public place that until recently they were told was unsafe, just to watch an old movie that they wouldn't have gone to see before?
I don't really think that's very likely.
It's going to have to be something new to bring people back.
Independent theaters may feel a financial burden to open earlier than the majors.
I think at that point governors will rein in the stupidity and insanity and keep people at home. On the plus side, I'd imagine corporations will see a potential for lawsuits if they were to open and be ground zero for a new outbreak and that will make them wait until it's actually safe to re-open.We are conceivably headed towards a scenario where the federal government starts telling everyone that everything is fine and to go back out, while both medical experts and state and local governments insist that things are not fine and urge people to stay in.
I think at that point governors will rein in the stupidity and insanity and keep people at home. On the plus side, I'd imagine corporations will see a potential for lawsuits if they were to open and be ground zero for a new outbreak and that will make them wait until it's actually safe to re-open.
Swinging this back to Movies and Cinema, I have to ask, how do some of you watch these films?
Do you not watch films from the eighties and nineties without even subtlety noticing how many scenes in airports or office buildings would either need revision or be completely impossible due to post-9/11 restrictions? Or the casual behavior toward gay men and women that would be impossible today since the Stonewall and MeToo movements? Normal changed after those events.
Therefore to think everything will return to "normal" after a worldwide pandemic and market crash is fascinating and time will tell, but speaking for myself, there's no going back.
True but at least I'm going through my backlog of NEW discs of movies that I've seen before.
But that won't last. Might take a year or 2, but eventually people will revert to the old patterns.
We're not gonna "socially distance" forever!
Black Friday is gonna be the end of any lingering social distancing. Maybe not this year depending on how long the pandemic lasts, but definitely by Black Friday 2021.
Very sad. And unfortunately indicative of many who risk infecting and killing others due to their recklessness.Lots of people are barely bothering to change due to COVID right now!
My college friend's 19-year-old son just completed basic training for Marines, and he went home for a week or so. He hung out with friends like there was no threat at all.
My friend says his son "doesn't care" if he gets COVID.
My friend had been very cavalier about the threat of COVID, and I suspect that's at least partly why the son is so unconcerned.
My friend is now more worried about it, but the damage is done, I suspect....
Back on topic, whenever theaters reopen, hopefully new policies will be implemented to protect theater goers. More sanitizing stations, better cleaning of theaters, psa’s before every show etc.
Perhaps smaller theaters. I was speaking primarily of the big chains like AMC, Regal, etc. and I think they will (and should) absolutely implement new procedures.That will never happen. It's an expense that theaters don't have the luxury of. As far as janitors I saw an ad recently for $10 per hour 20 hours a week at my local theater. I would imagine these people won't give a damn about how clean the theater seating is. Their supervisor probably is maxed out at $12.50 per hour, so they aren't going to care either.